The Sweetners affect on your Creative Brain
Fueling the Creative Brain: The Sweetener Trap SLERADIO Blog Series | August 2025 Artificial Sweeteners and the Creative Mind Artificial sweeteners like aspartame and sucralose are widely used in diet sodas and marketed as harmless alternatives to sugar. However, research suggests they may interfere with brain function. Studies indicate that aspartame can disrupt dopamine pathways, which are essential for motivation and reward processing [source]. Sucralose has been linked to altered gut microbiota, which can affect mood and cognition through the […]